Spencer Matthews shrugs off I'm A Celebrity return as "just rumours"

Spencer Matthews may have previously teased he was "in talks" for a return to I'm A Celebrity this year, but now the former Made In Chelsea star has insisted any talk of his return to the show was "just rumours."

In the months that followed, Spencer made no secret of his desire to return to I'm A Celebrity and said: "I really hope one day to get another shot at it."

He told the Loose Women panel in April: "I would love to do it again. ITV are a class act, I have so much respect for them, they dealt with things so well. I was so at home in the jungle, I really really loved it, and I thought I had a really good shot of doing well."

Turns out, though, it actually hadn't. According to Spenny, rumours of a comeback to the jungle had all been "just rumours."

Appearing on This Morning on Tuesday (29 November), he said: "They were just rumours I'm afraid. [My time on I'm A Celeb] certainly was [cut short] - my mistake as I've said many times.

"I'm deeply apologetic to any fans that were upset... I'm not sure [I would return]. I was desperate to go back in, but because of [leaving early], I ended up going out to [Tanzania] and falling in love with charity stuff."

Opening up about his brother, Spencer told Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby: "[The foundation] was made to to help provide children in remote areas with an education who, without a helping hand, wouldn't have an education at all."

"My brother passed away eighteen years ago, I was only ten at the time, and the foundation was set up shortly afterwards - purely because we want his name to live on in a nice way. What better way than honouring his memory with these lovely kids."

"I'm getting far more involved with [the charity] now," Spencer explained. "You'd never expect kids with so little to be so happy. We've been raising funds as just individuals with the family, but I'm keen to take the charity to the next step."

Spencer then revealed that in honour of Phil and Holly showing an interest in the foundation, he decided to name a cow and a goat, that he had given the community the foundation works with, after the pair.